Victoria Gotti

Victoria Gotti is going to be busy. American Media Inc., publisher of Star magazine, has named Gotti editor in chief of its new publication, Red Carpet, described as a look at the luxurious lifestyles of celebrities. She'll also star in her own reality show for the A&E network, which will chronicle her personal and private life. Both Red Carpet and her new TV show, not yet titled, will launch in April.

Victoria Gotti, daughter of the late convicted mob boss John Gotti, has been sued by HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide for failing to complete a memoir about her life or return a $70,000 advance. Gotti, 45, a former columnist for the New York Post and sister of accused gangster John A. "Junior" Gotti, starred in the reality television show "Growing Up Gotti," about her life with her three sons, which was broadcast on the A&E Television Network. HarperCollins said in its complaint filed this week in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan that Gotti promised to deliver a completed memoir to the publishers by Nov. 1, 2005.

Victoria Gotti, daughter of the late convicted mob boss John Gotti, has been sued by HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide for failing to complete a memoir about her life or return a $70,000 advance. Gotti, 45, a former columnist for the New York Post and sister of accused gangster John A. "Junior" Gotti, starred in the reality television show "Growing Up Gotti," about her life with her three sons, which was broadcast on the A&E Television Network. HarperCollins said in its complaint filed this week in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan that Gotti promised to deliver a completed memoir to the publishers by Nov. 1, 2005.

Victoria Gotti is going to be busy. American Media Inc., publisher of Star magazine, has named Gotti editor in chief of its new publication, Red Carpet, described as a look at the luxurious lifestyles of celebrities. She'll also star in her own reality show for the A&E network, which will chronicle her personal and private life. Both Red Carpet and her new TV show, not yet titled, will launch in April.

The custom-made black Brioni suit, the elegant, hand-painted silk tie, handkerchief, and Gucci loafers were all part of his image. He looked more like a movie star than a man accused of racketeering and extortion. --From "I'll Be Watching You," by Victoria Gotti * The gentleman described above is, technically speaking, Dimitri Constantinos, a casino developer. He is framed by ambitious, corrupt prosecutors, poor soul, and by villainous turncoats in his own family.

The priciest jail cell in New York state overlooks Long Island Sound: a $700,000, six-bedroom Colonial with tennis courts, a swimming pool and a boat dock. Inside, with an electronic bracelet around his ankle, resides its lone inmate: John "Junior" Gotti. The reputed mob boss with the infamous surname landed under house arrest on Oct. 1 after spending nine months in jail.

Notorious mob boss John Gotti will be interred in a Roman Catholic cemetery alongside his son, but his family was denied permission to hold a funeral Mass for the convicted killer. Gotti, responsible for at least five murders during his bloody reign atop the Gambino crime family, will not receive a Mass of Christian burial, Father Andrew Vaccari, chancellor of the Diocese of Brooklyn, said Wednesday.

The priciest jail cell in New York state overlooks Long Island Sound: a $700,000, six-bedroom Colonial with tennis courts, a swimming pool and a boat dock. Inside, with an electronic bracelet around his ankle, resides its lone inmate: John "Junior" Gotti. The reputed mob boss with the infamous surname landed under house arrest on Oct. 1 after spending nine months in jail.

The custom-made black Brioni suit, the elegant, hand-painted silk tie, handkerchief, and Gucci loafers were all part of his image. He looked more like a movie star than a man accused of racketeering and extortion. --From "I'll Be Watching You," by Victoria Gotti * The gentleman described above is, technically speaking, Dimitri Constantinos, a casino developer. He is framed by ambitious, corrupt prosecutors, poor soul, and by villainous turncoats in his own family.

Edwin Pope of the Miami Herald says people shouldn't get carried away by Lennox Lewis' eighth-round knockout of Mike Tyson: "Wasn't that a scream when Jose Sulaiman, the blowhard boss of the World Boxing Council, saluted Lewis as 'one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all time?' "Come on. "Joe Louis would have KO'd Lewis and Tyson both in one night. So would Rocky Marciano. So, for that matter, would Jack Dempsey and Jack Johnson, and maybe Muhammad Ali as well.

NBC announced Monday that "Undercovers," a new spy drama from Abrams ("Lost," "Fringe") and Josh Reims ("Brothers and Sisters"), is the network's first scripted series pickup for the 2010-11 season. The deal marks Abrams' first association with NBC. The show centers on the lives of married ex-CIA agents Steven and Samantha Bloom (Boris Kodjoe, Gugu Mbatha-Raw) as they find themselves getting pulled back into the business. —Yvonne Villarreal Investing in arts leadership The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the largest private donation in its history Monday: a $22.5-million gift from Dick and Betsy DeVos to endow a management training program for arts leaders.